We certainly don’t have to travel very far to enjoy a change of scenery. Wednesday night when I went to bed, the ground was bare and I know this is a bit premature but I thought when I looked at the grass from a distance it was getting green However, when I looked out of the window the next morning, to my surprise the ground was covered with a blanket of sparkling white snow. Consequently, I didn’t get too excited about spring coming as winter is not ready to give up as I can remember the month of March can bring us many surprises, not all of them good. Happy Birthday to Florence Sandstede at the Tuff Home in Hills whose birthday was Saturday. Those helping her celebrate that afternoon were Henrietta Huenink, Verla Baker, Bernice Aukes, Winnie Scholten, and former Steen area resident, her sister-in-law, Dorothy (Sandstede) Kruse. Melba Boeve and Leah Hup were guests in the Carla and Joel Overlander home at Circle Pines this past weekend. While there, they attended a concert by the All State Band at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. They returned home Monday. Norma and Wayne VanWyhe and Henrietta Huenink visited Delwyn Huenink at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls Sunday afternoon. World Day of Prayer will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 4, at Hills United Reformed Church in Hills. The speaker will be Cora Klay from Luverne. She and her husband have been missionaries in Ghana, Africa.Darlene Bosch, former Steen resident was admitted to Luverne Community Hospital on Thursday evening for observation. The Steen Reformed Church is studying the book "Purpose Driven Life" written by Rick Warren. One of the study groups met at the home of Winnie Scholten for study and discussion Sunday evening following the church service. Tub Beyenhof was able to return home this past week. Last Monday Joyce and Jo Aykens and Mildred Keunen went to Orange City, Iowa, where they had lunch with some relatives.Willard and Jo Keunen, Alton, Iowa, Bill and Bertha Bosch and Mildred Keunen spent Tuesday afternoon visiting in the Jo Aykens home. I have lived on the farm my entire life. Consequently, I have learned not to get excited about spring coming in March. I learned that it was time to get ready to go to the fields for spring work. In order to do this all of the machinery had to be examined to see if it was in working order. Then they had to check fences and decide where they would plant the crops that year. Farming has changed a lot in the last few years. Arnold Bolkmen, a U.S. Congressman, wrote, "When our nation was founded, more than 90 percent of the population were farmers. Today less than four percent of our people live and work on the farm. Each farmer produces enough food to feed 55 other people. As a result of this tremendous improvement in agricultural productivity and efficiency, Americans need only 15 percent of their disposable income for food."Many of us have seen this or experienced it which reminds me of the old question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" It was neither. It was the farmer!